Obituaries

Dec 23, 2017

Marquette / Chatham

Clarita Luoma, age 91, of Marquette and formerly of Chatham, died on Saturday morning, December 23, 2017 at the Brookridge Heights Assisted Living in Marquette under the loving care of her family, the Brookridge staff, and U.P. Home Health and Hospice.  She was born in Munising on December 18, 1926 to Louis and Clara...

Dec 21, 2017

Chatham / Shelter Bay

JoAnn M. Haapala, age 81, of Chatham and formerly of Shelter Bay, died unexpectedly on Thursday morning, December 21, 2017 in Chatham.   She was born on November 16, 1936 in Marquette Michigan to John and Bertha (Koskela) Martin.  JoAnn graduated from Eben High School’s Class of 1955.  She worked for a short time...

Dec 17, 2017

AuTrain

Michael Louis Moore, age 60, died following an accident in Greenville, SC on Sunday, December 17, 2017.   He was born on August 29, 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri to Cairl and Sally (Oxley) Moore.  Mike’s family moved to Marquette in 1968.  During high school, he participated on the swim team and spent his summers as a...

Dec 15, 2017

Munising

Arthur L. Normand, age 91, of Munising, died on Friday afternoon, December 15, 2017 at the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan.  He was born on February 6, 1926 in Marquette to Arthur and Helen (Roberts) Normand.  After graduating from high school, Art joined the U.S. Navy and served from 1944...

Dec 14, 2017

Thomas S. Murdock, age 54, of Wetmore, died following a year long illness on Thursday afternoon, December 14, 2017 at UPHS Marquette.  He was born on May 22, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Stewart and Lois (Lundby) Murdock.  When Tom was eleven, the family moved to the Wetmore area and they owned and operated the Midway Cabins...

Dec 11, 2017

Munising

Gary Bradway, 75, of the Munising area, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 at U.P. Health Systems in Marquette following a three year decline.

Born in Rochester, Indiana on August 24, 1942 to David and Loretta (Stubbs) Bradway, he was the eldest of three brothers.  Gary graduated from Akron High School in 1960 having...

Dec 8, 2017

Munising

Kevin Lee Morrison, age 60, of Munising, died unexpectedly of a heart condition while snow blowing at his home on Friday, December 8, 2017.  He was born on June 19, 1957 in Munising to Robert “Bud” and Pat (Larson) Morrison.  While in high school, Kevin was a member of the Silver Echoes Drum and Bugle Corps...

Dec 1, 2017

Munising

Nancy S. Beauchaine, age 48, of Munising, died early Friday morning, December 1, 2017 at her home under the loving of her family and North Woods Home Hospice.  She was born on September 27, 1969 in Munising, Michigan to Jan and Sue (Martin) Golisek.  Nancy grew up in Munising and graduated from Munising High School in...

Nov 28, 2017

Munising

Dianne “DeeDee” St.Amour, age 61, of Munising, died unexpectedly and peacefully in her sleep at her home on Tuesday, November 28, 2017.  She was born on May 15, 1956 to the late Glenn and Rhoda (Root) Soles.  Growing up in Cox Addition, DeeDee was a bit of tomboy and could do anything the boys could do. ...

Nov 26, 2017

Munising

Jeanne Claire O’Boyle, age 90, of Munising, died unexpectedly in the emergency room at UPHS Marquette following a brief illness on Sunday evening, November 26, 2017.  She was born on December 9, 1926 in Munising, Michigan to Albert and Mary (Becker) Colburn.  Jeanne grew up in Munising and graduated from Wm. G. Mather High. She attended...

Nov 17, 2017

Eben Junction

Aune Marie Juntunen, age 97, of Eben Junction, died early Friday morning, November 17, 2017 at UPHS Marquette.  She was born the on the family homestead in Eben Junction on January 31, 1920 to Finnish immigrants Uuno and Alma (Makinen) Koski.  Aune was the third of nine children.  She grew up on the family farm...

Nov 13, 2017

Richard Royce Burke, age 76, of Munising, MI passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017 at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette, MI.  Known as “Royce” by his family and friends, he was born on February 22, 1941 in Munising to Thomas and Gladys (Peters) Burke. Royce grew up in Munising and attended Wm. G. Mather High...

Nov 9, 2017

Munising

Donna M. Robare, age 84, of Munising, died on Thursday evening, November 9, 2017 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising.  She was born on the family farm on Koski Road on October 14, 1933 to Carl and Marguerite (Helsel) Pierson.  Donna attended school in AuTrain and then graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in...

Nov 8, 2017

Munising

David “Dave” Miskus, age 61, of Munising and formerly of Romeo, MI, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, November 8, 2017.  He was born on January 13, 1956 in St. Clair, Michigan to Arthur and Darlene (Schroeder) Miskus.  Dave Graduated from Richmond High School, and then started working for Ford Motor Company.  While at Ford,...

Nov 8, 2017

Munising

To everything there is a season…Charles “Chach” Landon Peters, Jr. loved this time of year and he headed to an early hunting camp on Wednesday evening, November 8, 2017 at his home under the loving and tender care of his family and North Woods Hospice.  He was born in the old Munising Hospital on July 11,...

Nov 2, 2017

Trenary

Louis F. Praznik, age 93, of Trenary, died late Thursday evening, November 2, 2017 at Brookridge Heights Assisted Living in Marquette under the loving care of his family and U.P. Home Health & Hospice.  He was born on May 10, 1924 in Hibbing, MN to Frank and Josephine (Mihelich) Praznik.  Louis grew up on the family...

Nov 2, 2017

Munising

Wilhelmina “Wilma” F. Perry, age 70, of Munising, died Thursday, November 2, 2017 at The Lighthouse in Ishpeming following a brief illness.  She was born on October 16, 1947 in Schijndel, Netherland to the late Henrika and Anna (Vanscoot) Boselie.  Wilma’s family moved to the United States when she was 10 years old.  They lived in...

Oct 30, 2017

Munising

Daniel L. Lyon, age 63, died Monday, October, 30 2017, at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans.  Daniel died from Lewy Body Disease which had resulted in him suffering from severe Lewy Body Dementia for the past eighteen years.  He served in the United States Army and was medically retired in 1973, due to the effects...

Oct 30, 2017

Chatham

Steven M. Laamanen, age 76, of Chatham, died Monday, October 30, 2017 at the Norlite Nursing Center in Marquette.  He was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 28, 1941 to the late Walter and Hilma (Hakamaa) Laamanen.  Steve moved to California, and worked as an electrical engineer.  He later moved to Traverse City, Michigan and worked...

Oct 21, 2017

Munising

Danyel Renee Oas, age 35, formerly of Munising, died in an unexpected accident on Saturday afternoon, October 21, 2017.  She was born in Munising on July 17, 1982 to Donald and Cathy Oas.  Danyel attended school in Manistique and then Munising High School.  She enjoyed drawing and photography, and hunting with hounds and cooking venison.